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UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

EDOUARD STRANSKY AND CHARLES STRANSKY, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

COIN-CONTROLLED APPARATUS FOR PLAYlNG TUNES, dc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,046, dated October 17, 1893.

Application l'iled November 28, 1892. Serial No. 453,442. (No model.) Patented in France September 10, 1892, No. 224,258; in Belgium September 22, 1892, No. 101,484; in England September 24, 1892, No. 17,113; and in Switzerland October 6, 1892,

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDOUARD STRANSKY and CHARLES STRANSKY, residents of Paris, in the Republic of France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Oontrolled Apparatus for Playing Tunes and Delivering Goods, which is fully set forth in the following specification, and for which Letters Patent have been received as follows: in France, September 10, 1892, No. 224,258; in Switzerland, October 6, 1892, No. 6,284; in Belgium,September 22, 1892, No. 101,484, and in England, September 24, 1892, No. 17,113.

Our invention relates to apparatus for receiving coin and for delivering goods and playing tunes in exchange therefor.

With the improved apparatus the coin introduced into the slot slides along an inclined chute and drops into a pocket provided at the extremity of a lever which oscillates upon'a fulcrum. The weight of the coin causes the lever to be lowered and the coin then leaves the pocket and falls into a second chute which conducts it to the distributing device. The action of the coin upon the aforesaid lever has for its object to disengage a clock work which operates the mechanism for playing a tune. When the lever is horizontal, that is to say when it is at rest, the short arm of said lever butts against the extremity of a spring and prevents the turning of vanes and the operation of the clockwork; moreover, in this horizontal position of the said lever, a cam or lug on said lever enters one of the notches formed upon a disk mounted upon an axis.

Therefore, as soon as the lever oscillates under the action of a coin two movements are produced, that is to say, the aforesaid lug leaves the notch in the disk in which it was,

and the short arm of the said lever abandons the extremity of the spring, and if the clockwork is wound up itv will operate immediately. The axis above referred to turns at the same time as the mechanism in sucha manner that when the coin has left the pocket to drop into the second chutefand when the lever rises again, the cam or lug, not encountering the notch in which it was originally, rubs upon the periphery of 'the disk and keeps the lever at a sufficient inclination for the arm of the levernot to act upon the spring. The

clockwork can therefore operate until the lug, rubbing upon the periphery of the disk, passes into a fresh notch. As soon as the lug is in the notch the said lever rises, its short arm is lowered, and coming in front of the spring stops the clockwork. We cause the extremity to act upon a spring and not 'upon the vanes directly, in order to obviate as much as possible the shocks which would be produced by the abrupt stoppage of the apparatus. The mechanism for playing tunes, which as hereinafter set forth is actuated by the clockwork, will therefore operate, at each introduction of the coin into the apparatus, so long as one of the notches formed in the disk does not come in front of the lug. The spring of the clock-work is inclosed in a drum and can be wound up by means of a crank which may be removed at will. As the drum turns under the action of the spring it turns a train of gears, transmitting motion to the music disk, to the escapement mechanism, and to the spindle carrying the vanes. The music-disk is furnished with projections arranged in such manner that, owing to the rotation of the disk, they will strike the teeth of a fixed comb producing a series of dierent notes. The projections on each disk are arranged so as to produce by their encou-nter with theteeth of the comb dilerent tunes. This is in fact what happensin acertain number of musical boxes, such as those known by the name of Polyphone and Symphonion For changing the disk it is sufficient to turn a holding lever so as to put it perpendicular to the disk, when the latter can be withdrawn and replaced by another. A counterweight attached to the above-mentioned lever on the side opposite to the pocket relatively to the point of articulation, enables the apparatus to be regulated so that it will operate by the Weight of any desired coin. As it leaves the pocket the coin falls into the second chute and thence it passes into another pocket which, oscillating under the action of the weight of the coin, operates the distributing or delivering device. This distributer or device for delivering the goods comprises two parallel disks connected 'by transverse partitions. The disk placed in front carries a IOO number of very short pins placed at equal dista-nces from each other upon the same cir-Y cumference. At the center of the two disks is a chamber in the interior of which we arrange a spring which tends to cause the distributer to turn. pocket it effects the oscillation of a lever and As the coin falls 'into the' a pin secured to a bent part of the lever exerts a pressure upon a bar which can oscillate upon an axis. This bar has two lugs or stops one of which when the apparatus is at rest, prevents the distributer from turning- -one of the pins bearing upon it. As above stated when the said lever oscllates under the action of the weight of a coin,the above l mentioned bar pushed by the lever passes to the left as it oscillates upon the axis.

In this movement one of the inclined lugs or stops. abandons the pins of the distributer which it f supported, and under the action of a spring? the distributer turns until the pinabandoned by the inclined lug bears upon the other lug. The apparatus is so regulated that the contact between the pin and the second stop or lug takes place at the moment when the above mentioned bar is also at the extreme point of its movement to the left. By reason i of the inclination given to the lever hereinbefore referred to, by the weight of the coin,

the latter slides and drops into a drawer.;

The lever then rises and the bar which is no longer pressed by the pin returns to its norj mal position while the second inclined lug;`

permits the escape of the pin which pressed upon it. The distributer turns under the acj tion of the spring until the following pin; bears upon the first or upper lug or stop.` Accordingly, in the complete oscillation of` the bar upon its axis, the distributer is disi placed twice in the same direction, and the total lof these two displacements is equal to the l interval which separates two consecutive partitions of the distributer, so that an article contained in a chamber nearest to the chute i leaves its place when the above mentioned;

lever has risen to its original position andi falls into a cup from which it can be removed by hand. When the distributer is empty itf is filled at the upper part by giving it a rol tary motion in the opposite direction to that previously imparted to the same, `so that all the chambers pass successively to the upperI l part. This rotary movement of the distrib-i uter in the opposite direction has moreover;` for its object to put a spring under tension, which spring expands when the distributer? A screw which acts upon a flat* operates.

spring enables more or less pressure to be exerted upon the aforesaid bar so that the distributer may be caused to operate by the aid of diierent coins according to the countries whereit is used.

It is evident that instead of having a cenuse a counter weight.

In like manner for less carefully constructed apparatus the said j lever and bar may be rmly connected instead of` causing this bar `te turn by acting upon a pin fixed upon the lever.

The arrangement of the partitions is 0ptional, and the chambers of the distributer may be replaced by tubes mounted upon a sheath of wood.

When the distributer is emptyavane butts against a rod and compels a plate to close the orifice through which the coins are introduced.

If a coin is introduced in the apparatus before the clockwork disengaged by the preceding coin is stopped, the apparatus will distribute notwithstanding, for the coin dropping into the pocket does not act upon the mechanism for playing tunes, but arrivingin the second pocket it acts upon the automatic distributer which delivers an article.

We may give any suitable exterior form to our improved apparatus, whether it is 'tobe placed in a public thoroughfare, or whether it is designed to be put up at hotels, stations or the like. We may also arrange the apparatus so that it can be actuated by the aid of any coins, for the coin acts by its weight and it suffices to regulate the above mentioned counterweight andscrew fol-enabling the two levers to be operated by means of any coin.

Having thus `outlined in a general way the nature of the invention, we will now explain the same in detail,referring to the accempanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a rear elevation of the apparatus, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation partly in section; Fig. 3 a front eleva tion on an enlargedscale,ef the mechanismactuating the musical instrument. Fig. 4, is a side view of the same mechanism, and Fig. 5 a front view showing the mode of operation `of the music-disk. Fig. 6 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7,shows a distributer, based upon the same principle but of simpler construction.

The coi-n is introduced into a slot A. It slides along chute B, and falls in pocket Cat the end of lever D, which oscillates on fulcrum E The weight of the coin depresses the lever which discharges the coin from pocket C into the chute B', and the latter conducts it to the distributingapparatus, which will be described hereinafter. The action of the coin on lever D releases a clockwork mechanism, which actuates the musical instrument. -When the lever is at rest the end D bears against spring e (Fig. 3) and prevents the revolution of vanes E', and consequently holds the clock-work stationary. Moreover, in this horizontal position of the lever a lug d carried thereby, enters one of the notches of disk d which is mounted on the spindle f. It will be seen that as soon as r tha lever Itilts under the action of a coin, two movements will result: first, the lug CZ leaves the notch in disk dand second the short arm D of the lever releases the extremity of the spring e, and the clock-work will start. The spindle f revolves at the same time, so that.A

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when the coin leaves pocket Gand the lever` rises, the lug d' finding no notch, will rub` against the edge of the disk, keeping the lever in an inclined position, so that the short arm D is kept out of the path of spring e. The clock-work therefore continues to operate until thelug d encounters another notch on disk d'. of the lever comes again into the path of spring e and arrests the clock-work. It is important that the end D of the lever should act upon a spring, instead of upon the vanes,

^ for the reason already explained.

The main-spring of the clock-work is in'- closed in a barrel F, and may be wound by means of a crank F. Barrel F actuates pinion G, and the train of'gears H,'I, J. Wheel H also actuates pinion K (Fig. 6) upon the axis ofwhich is mounted the spoked-wheel K', which transmits movement to the music disk L. Pinion I is mounted Von shaft t', on the end of which isa pallet i', which regulates the speed by acting on the teeth of wheel M,

in a manner well understood. Pinion J, (also revolved by wheel H) is mounted on shaft j', which actuates a worm N on the upright shaft carrying vanes -E. Wheel K has pins or spokes m,m, placed at regular intervals, and which enter holes fn, 'n' in music disk L. The latter is provided with small teeth in the usual way to engage the teeth of a comb O, and produce a series of dierent notes, and

f thereby play tunes, as common in music R and replaced by another.

boxes. To change the disk it is only necessary to swing lever P around point Q, so as to bringitto a position perpendicular to the disk. Disk L can then be slipped off its shaft Lever P has friction roller p, 19', p, which bear against the face of the disk, to insure steadiness inV rotation of the latter.

A counterweight S is attached to lever -D to balance the weight of a coin, and supplies meansl for regulating the apparatus, so that it may be operated by any desired coin. In leaving pocket O the coin drops into the chute B which conducts it to pocket 1, on lever 2, which is vthereby tilted and operates the distributer.' The latter is composed of two parallel disks 17united by transverse radial partitions 18. The front disk, seen in Fig. 2 carries a series of small tenons 8, 8', 8, disposed at equal'distances apart. Between the two disks is a chamber 19, containing a volute spring 20, which has'a tendency to turn the distributer in the direction of the arrow. When lever 2 tilts, the pin 3 on the short arm 3 thereof, acts on bar 4, which is pivoted at 7. This bar 4 carries two inclined stops or cams 5 and 6, one of which (6) when the apparatus is at rest holds the distributer sta- ,l

tionary-by contact with one of the tenons 8, 8./ When bar 4 is moved to the left, it removes the-inclined cam or stop 6 from the tenon 8, and the distributer is turned by spring 20 in the direction of the arrow until the next tenon encounters stop 5.

When this occurs the short armv The apparatus is so proportioned that the contact between the tenon and the inclined stop 5 occurs when the bar4 reaches the end of its motion to the left.

When lever 2 tilts under the weight of a coin the latter drops into a drawer or receptacle 21. Lever 2 then returns, and cam or stop 5 moves from the path of the tenon 8, and the distributer again moves a step until arrested by stop 6. Thus in the complete oscillation of the bar 4, the distributer moves twice in the same direction, the total motion being equal to the distance between two consecutive partitions 18, so that any article in chamber 9 nearest to chute 1O will be delivered into the cup 11.

When the distributer is empty, it may be filled at the upper portion 13, by turning it in the reverse direction, simultaneously winding up spring 20.

A regulating screw 15 acts u ponia flat spring land gives more or less pressure to bar 4, so that the distributer can be made to operate with coins of different weights.

Obviously, the spring 2O may be replaced by a counterweight 30, as shown in Fig. 7. Lever 2 and bar 4 may also be made in one piece as also shown in this figure. The arrangement of partitions is not an essential feature of the invention, and the chambers shown in Fig. 2, may be replaced by tubes 31, mounted on a wooden hub 32. When the distributer is empty the wing 22 encounters rod 23 and forces the plate 24 to close the orilic by which the coin is introduced.

Ifanother coin be introduced into the apparatus before the clockwork is arrested, the apparatus will nevertheless distribute, because the coin falling in pocket C will not act on the musical device, but will, on arriving in pocket 1, act on the distributer, and cause an article to be delivered.

Other modifications may be made in details of construction and arrangement.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim is- The combination in an apparatus of the character described, of the musical device EDOUARD STRANSKY. l CHARLES STRANSKY.

Witnesses:

VICTOR M. BARTANCE, JULES ROUSSET.

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